SALMONELLA TRICUSPID ENDOCARDITIS IN AN INTRAVENOUS DRUG-ABUSER WITH HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS INFECTION

被引:18
作者
BESTETTI, RB [1 ]
FIGUEIREDO, JFD [1 ]
DACOSTA, JC [1 ]
机构
[1] FAC MED RIBEIRAO PRETO,DEPT INTERNAL MED,DIV INFECT DIS,SAO PAULO,BRAZIL
关键词
ENDOCARDITIS; AIDS; HEART DISEASE;
D O I
10.1016/0167-5273(91)90019-L
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
We describe a case of Salmonella tricuspid endocarditis in an intravenous drug abuser with human immunodeficiency virus infection. He was successfully treated with antibiotics with no clinical relapse. To our knowledge, this is the first case of this kind reported in the literature. Physicians should be on the alert for this potentially curable cardiac complication of human immunodeficiency virus infection.
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页码:361 / 362
页数:2
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